Irving Louis Horowitz is one of the most influential intellectuals of our times. The renowned sociologist David Riesman called him "simply a national treasure;" William Form, former editor of the American Sociological Review has lauded him for "making a larger contribution to fundamental theory in social development and political sociology than any individual in the profession." Carl Gershman, president of the National Endowment for Democracy, noted "that the empire of truth and information that Transaction has built is a tremendous accomplishment." The founder ofThe Free Press, Jeremiah Kaplan identified Horowitz as "one of the most eminent social science publishers of our time." Most recently, a leading syndicated journalist, Georgie Anne Geyer, described Irving Louis Horowitz as "one of the greatest and most original scholars in America today." The titles of his writings, which run into the thousands, are published as a self-standing book.